Oasis bestiarum. Les animaux dans l’art rupestre de l’oasis de Dakhla (Égypte)

Animals constitute a vast share of petroglyphs recorded in Dakhleh Oasis, Egypt, during the past 30 years by the Petroglyph Unit of the Dakhleh Oasis Project. In this paper I provide a detailed overview of all the animal species which can be fairly certainly recognised among the rich zoomorphic corp...

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Autor principal:	Paweł Lech Polkowski
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Materias:	rock art petroglyphs animal giraffe oryx Archaeology CC1-960 History of the arts NX440-632
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:258562a6ea494e779e64b16046aeb8382021-12-02T10:47:35ZOasis bestiarum. Les animaux dans l’art rupestre de l’oasis de Dakhla (Égypte)2431-204510.4000/aaa.1631https://doaj.org/article/258562a6ea494e779e64b16046aeb8382018-12-01T00:00:00Zhttp://journals.openedition.org/aaa/1631https://doaj.org/toc/2431-2045Animals constitute a vast share of petroglyphs recorded in Dakhleh Oasis, Egypt, during the past 30 years by the Petroglyph Unit of the Dakhleh Oasis Project. In this paper I provide a detailed overview of all the animal species which can be fairly certainly recognised among the rich zoomorphic corpus of figures, which counts 1429 figures. The animals are discussed mainly in terms of techniques of production, other formal traits, and chronology. Their potential significance is here intentionally left aside. Each category of zoomorphs is considered separately, beginning with the most abundant depictions of giraffes and oryxes. The final discussion, which concludes the paper, situates Dakhleh zoomorphic rock art in a broader context, as well as touches upon issues related to faunal remains. I pose various questions regarding the analysed material, which may have also some relevance for the entire Western Desert of Egypt.Paweł Lech PolkowskiOpenEditionarticlerock artpetroglyphsanimalgiraffeoryxArchaeologyCC1-960History of the artsNX440-632ENFRAfrique Archéologie Arts, Vol 14, Pp 11-40 (2018)
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description	Animals constitute a vast share of petroglyphs recorded in Dakhleh Oasis, Egypt, during the past 30 years by the Petroglyph Unit of the Dakhleh Oasis Project. In this paper I provide a detailed overview of all the animal species which can be fairly certainly recognised among the rich zoomorphic corpus of figures, which counts 1429 figures. The animals are discussed mainly in terms of techniques of production, other formal traits, and chronology. Their potential significance is here intentionally left aside. Each category of zoomorphs is considered separately, beginning with the most abundant depictions of giraffes and oryxes. The final discussion, which concludes the paper, situates Dakhleh zoomorphic rock art in a broader context, as well as touches upon issues related to faunal remains. I pose various questions regarding the analysed material, which may have also some relevance for the entire Western Desert of Egypt.
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title	Oasis bestiarum. Les animaux dans l’art rupestre de l’oasis de Dakhla (Égypte)
title_short	Oasis bestiarum. Les animaux dans l’art rupestre de l’oasis de Dakhla (Égypte)
title_full	Oasis bestiarum. Les animaux dans l’art rupestre de l’oasis de Dakhla (Égypte)
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Oasis bestiarum. Les animaux dans l’art rupestre de l’oasis de Dakhla (Égypte)

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